Cigarette package holder and opener



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CIGARETTE PACKAGE HOLDER AND OPENER Filed Oct. 24, 1932 Invenlor Patented Oct. 3, 1933 1,928,972"

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CIGARETTE PACKAGE HOLDER AND OPENER David Elliott, Johnstown, Pa.

Application October 24, 1932. Serial No. 639,332 1 Claim. (01. 206-41) This invention relates to a cigarette package these knives will make cuts in the top of the holder and opener, the general object of the package, as shown at in Fig. 'l, with each cut invention being to provide a case for holding a adjacent a side face of the package and the 7 package of cigarettes with means for slitting porknives are of such a length and so positioned i tions of one end of the package as the package is that they will not cut into the cigarettes. 60 pushed into the holder, whereby said portion of The rear upper corner of the case is cut away the end of the package can be easily removed to as shown so as to leave an opening at this expose some of the cigarettes. corner which is closed by a door 6 which is Another object of the invention is to provide provided with a pair of side faces, a top part a hinged part on the case for closing the open and a rear part, so that when the door is closed, 86;

end of the package and also to provide an opening the parts of the door complete the rectangular in the bottom of the case whereby some of the shape of the casing. The rear part of the door cigarettes can be pushed to a'position where they is hinged at its lower end to the upper edge can be easily removed from the package when of the rear part of the case as shown at '7 so This invention also consists in certain other wardly to expose an upper cornerof the package features of construction and in the combination of cigarettes and as the knives are placed in ad.- and arrangement of the several parts to be herevance of this door the part of the package inafter fully described,.illustrated in the accomexposed by the door, when the same is open, panying drawing and specifically pointed out in will have the slits 5 therein so that the slitted 76* the appended claim. V 1 7 top part of the package can be easily torn away In describing the invention in detail, reference so as to expose the cigarettes as shown in Fig. 4. will be had to the accompanying drawing where- Suitable latch means are provided for the in like characters denote like or corresponddoors 3 and 6, and an opening 8 is formed in ing parts throughout the several views, and in the bottom of the case so that by pressing upon which: V v the package exposed by the opening 8 some of Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. the cigarettes can be projected from the top of Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof. 7 the package so that they can easily be removed Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. when the door 6 is open. 80 Fig. 4 is a top plan view with the hinged part A latch for the door 6 is shown at 9 or any 8 open. suitable form of latch can be provided for either Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 1. door.

Fig. 6 is a section on line- 66 of Fig. 5. Thus it will be seen that I have provided a case Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the package showfor holding a package of cigarettes so that the ing the slits formed therein y the knivespackage will not be mashed or distorted which In the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates the case might damage the cigarettes, with means for which is of Such a Size as to iv a p g slitting the top of the package when the package of i r t as wn at A n n sid f h is pushed into the case so that the slitted part Case is p as Shown at 2 50 845170 permit the of the package can be easily'torn away to ex-' pa g f a tt to be p h d int th as pose some of the cigarettes, with a door for 96 and remov d the A Small p d closing that part of the case from which the door 3 i hin e to h p pa of the case and cigarettes are removed from the torn part of tends over the upper end of the opening 2, when th package in l s d p ti w to hold the pa in It is thought from the foregoing description 45 position. Apair of knives 4 are suitably attached that the advantages and novel features of the 100 to portions of the top of the case and these knives i ti ill b readily apparent, extend diagonally inwardly from the side corners It is to be understood that changes may be f th upp P Of the case as clearly shown n made in the construction and in the combination Fig. 5. and'ar'rangement of the several parts provided 59 AS shown in 6 O knife is arranged in that such changes fall within the scope of the advance of the other so that the two knivesperappended l im, form their cutting operation one in'advance of Having th s d ribed my in ention, what I the other. These knives are of preferably the l i as new i I Shape Shown in Figs- 5 and 5, and Will be Acase for holding a package of cigarettes com- 5 S when thepaekage is Pushed intothe Case, prising a body having its front side edge'open the hinged part is in open position. that the door can be swung outwardly and down- 70 for admitting a package of cigarettes and said case having its upper rear corner opento expose an upper corner of the package, a door consisting of a pair of side portions, 2. top portion and a rear portion for closing the corner opening, a hinge connecting the lower end of the rear portion of the door to the upper edge of the rear edge portion of the. case; a pair of downwardly convergingvknives having their upper ends con- 

